Improved curtain-fixture



ttnitrd @Sttte JAMES S. WHITNEY, OE LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letto/rs Patent No. 102,344, dated April 26, 1870.

IMPROVED CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and maknr; part of thesaunev To all whom it 'may concern Be it known that I, JAMES S. WHITNEY,of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin CurtainLFiXtures, ofwhich the followrecessed pulley B, or a band, is fitted onto one end ofthe roll C, the rim e projecting outward, or outward and inward, fromthe central head l), and smoothly finished as usual.

On the center pintle D, or formed in solid connection therewith, is arecessed o1' chanibered bolt-socket, g, and through thisl I insert abolt, h, which is provivided with a foot or friction-pad, g', curved'onits out-er surface, corresponding with the inside of the pulleyrim orband e.

Within the bolt-socket and around the bolt I arrange a spiral spring, 4,which actuates the bolt in one direction to cause the foot g to pressagainst the inner surface of the rim o, and hold the latter and the rollfrom turning.

To release the bolt or the foot g', and allow the concealed spring towind up the curtain, I pull a cord, E, attached to the lower end of' thebolt, and draw the bolt downward. i

The curved foot y in combination with the sliding spring bolt h, andwith the rim or band e, all arranged and operating in the manner and forthe purpose 'described.

J. S. VHITNEY.

Witnesses:

WM. H. ABELL, JOHN E. CRANE.

